For many music critics in the early Eighties, Sade was something of a conundrum. She and her band – and Sade was always a band, never just a singer – conjured up images of suburban supper club jazz.

Sade have been working on new music, Billboard reports. The band has been recording at Miraval Studios in Correns, France. The French producer and composer Damien Quintard, who co-operates the studio, ...

For many music critics in the early Eighties, Sade was something of a conundrum. She and her band – and Sade was always a band, never just a singer – conjured up images of suburban supper club jazz.